A middle school biology teacher who was fired after students discovered she had starred in porn films has lost her bid to return to the classroom.Stacie Halas, 32, was sacked from Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard, California, after students downloaded clips onto their smartphones of her appearing in films such as 'Big Sausage Pizza' and presented them to school officials.Halas, who appeared in the films under the name Tiffany Six, was fired from her job as a science teacher after the video surfaced in March but had hoped to make a return to the classroom. She lost an appeal against the decision on Tuesday.
She claimed she had only starred in the blue movies during an eight-month period from 2005 to 2006 because of financial problems after her boyfriend abandoned her and never when she was teaching.
Her lawyer Richard Schwab said Halas had tried to be honest but was embarrassed by her previous experience in the adult industry.
'Miss Halas is more than just an individual fighting for her job as a teacher,' he said Tuesday. 'I think she's representative of a lot of people who may have a past that may not involve anything illegal or anything that hurts anybody.'
Student claims that their teacher was moonlighting as a porn star were initially dismissed after school officials said they couldn't find any images of her on the Internet - but they were using the school's computers, which don't allow access to porn.
In hearings, former assistant principal Wayne Saddler testified that at the start of a sex video, Halas talked about being a teacher and he felt her effectiveness in the classroom had been compromised.
After rumors of her performance surfaced, profanity was etched on Halas' classroom window, a teacher testified.
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